Effect could lead to better optical storage devices
14th Nov, 2007
Negative refraction ‘could trap rainbows’
14th Nov, 2007
New calculations target brightest-ever supernova
Colliding stars and pulsating pairs could explain rare event
14th Nov, 2007
Relativity passes new test of time
Scientists will have to look harder for physics beyond the Standard Model
One of the most fragile detectors for the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment has been successfully installed in its final position. LHCb is one of four large experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, expected to start up in 2008.
13th Nov, 2007
Sand could shed light on quark-gluon plasma
Collisions turn solid particles to liquid
13th Nov, 2007
Warp Speed Improves Calculations a Million Times
Thanks to Einstein, physicists know that the world looks different depending on how fast you're moving. A new analysis shows that it a lot prettier (mathematically speaking) if you're moving at just the right speed, leading to an improvement in calculations describing colliding particle beams and lasers by factors of a million or so.
Where do the realms of quantum mechanics and classical physics begin to overlap? It's a long-argued question of philosophical interest and practical importance. Now the world's smallest double slit experiment, performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Light Source and using as “slits” the two proton nuclei of a hydrogen molecule, has shown that quantum particles start behaving in a classical way on a scale as small as a single hydrogen molecule.
12th Nov, 2007